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[PATCH v2 3/4] git-svn.txt: replace .git with $GIT_DIR

From
Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 29, 2013, 23:45 UTC
Message-ID
<1380498360-18387-4-git-send-email-keshav.kini@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1380498360-18387-1-git-send-email-keshav.kini@gmail.com>

As $GIT_DIR may not equal '.git', it's usually more generally correct to refer to files in $GIT_DIR rather than in .git .

This will also allow me to link some of the occurrences of '.git' in git-svn.txt to a new reference target inside this file in an upcoming commit, because in AsciiDoc definitions apparently can't start with a '.' character.

Signed-off-by: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-svn.txt | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 62ec727..3ddf545 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ COMMANDS
 'fetch'::
 	Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion remote we are
 	tracking.  The name of the [svn-remote "..."] section in the
-	.git/config file may be specified as an optional command-line
-	argument.
+	$GIT_DIR/config file may be specified as an optional
+	command-line argument.
 
 --localtime;;
 	Store Git commit times in the local timezone instead of UTC.  This
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ svn-remote.<name>.noMetadata::
 +
 This option can only be used for one-shot imports as 'git svn'
 will not be able to fetch again without metadata. Additionally,
-if you lose your .git/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.* files, 'git svn' will not
+if you lose your $GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.* files, 'git svn' will not
 be able to rebuild them.
 +
 The 'git svn log' command will not work on repositories using
@@ -977,8 +977,8 @@ When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically
 handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have
 the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name).  In these cases,
 use 'init' to set up your Git repository then, before your first 'fetch', edit
-the .git/config file so that the branches and tags are associated with
-different name spaces.  For example:
+the $GIT_DIR/config file so that the branches and tags are associated
+with different name spaces.  For example:
 
 	branches = stable/*:refs/remotes/svn/stable/*
 	branches = debug/*:refs/remotes/svn/debug/*
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
 'git svn' stores [svn-remote] configuration information in the
-repository .git/config file.  It is similar the core Git
+repository $GIT_DIR/config file.  It is similar the core Git
 [remote] sections except 'fetch' keys do not accept glob
 arguments; but they are instead handled by the 'branches'
 and 'tags' keys.  Since some SVN repositories are oddly
@@ -1060,8 +1060,8 @@ $ git svn branch -d branches/server release-2-3-0
 
 Note that git-svn keeps track of the highest revision in which a branch
 or tag has appeared. If the subset of branches or tags is changed after
-fetching, then .git/svn/.metadata must be manually edited to remove (or
-reset) branches-maxRev and/or tags-maxRev as appropriate.
+fetching, then $GIT_DIR/svn/.metadata must be manually edited to remove
+(or reset) branches-maxRev and/or tags-maxRev as appropriate.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-- 
1.8.3.2
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  1. git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map filesKeshav Kini, Sep 23, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederSep 25, 2013
  3. Eric WongSep 25, 2013
  4. Keshav KiniSep 25, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederSep 26, 2013
  6. Keshav KiniSep 26, 2013
  7. Keshav KiniSep 26, 2013
  8. 0/4 git-svn.txt: miscellaneous changesKeshav Kini, Sep 29, 2013
  9. 1/4 git-svn.txt: fix AsciiDoc formatting errorKeshav Kini, Sep 29, 2013
  10. 2/4 git-svn.txt: reword description of gc commandKeshav Kini, Sep 29, 2013
  11. 3/4 git-svn.txt: replace .git with $GIT_DIRKeshav Kini, Sep 29, 2013
  12. 4/4 git-svn.txt: elaborate on rev_map filesKeshav Kini, Sep 29, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederSep 30, 2013
  14. Eric WongOct 10, 2013

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